l9n/ Connecticut

2021 Regular Session

Senate Bill 451

AN ACT CONCERNING CAPS ON INTERNET DATA USAGE, REGULATING CABLE TELEVISION RATES AND INFORMATION SERVICES, DEVELOPING STANDARD CONTRACTUAL TERMS FOR INFORMATION SERVICES AND AMENDING THE CONNECTICUT ANTITRUST ACT.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Energy and Technology Committee on January 27, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To (1) prevent telecommunications companies from imposing a cap on Internet data plans, (2) require the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority regulate cable television rates, (3) require the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority regulate information services not currently regulated by the Federal Communications Commission, (4) require the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, in consultation with the Office of Consumer Counsel, develop standard contracting terms for information services, and (5) amend the Connecticut Antitrust Act and require the Attorney General to report annually to the General Assembly on enforcement of the Connecticut Antitrust Act with regards to information services issues.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

In the House of Representatives

    1 co-sponsor

    Gary A. Turco Jr.

    Its course

    January 27 to January 27, 2021, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

    Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

    Every action1 action on 1 day

    In the SenateJan 27 to Jan 27 · stopped0 days

    Energy and Technology CommitteeJan 27 to Jan 27 · stopped0 days

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

    l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

    In the Senate Jan 27

    1. Jan 27Introduced and sent to Energy and Technology Committee
    All 1 actions, as published
    1. Jan 27REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses